dementia pugilistica

English

Etymology

From Latin dementia pugilistica (“boxer's madness”).

Noun

dementia pugilistica (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, neurology, pathology) A neurodegenerative disease or dementia associated with repeated concussions, as in boxers.
    Synonym: punch drunk syndrome

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